SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- William L. Dunn has been named by Zelos as chief executive officer of the company. Dunn formerly was executive vice president of Dow Jones & Co.
Dunn is widely credited with being a visionary and pioneer in the electronic delivery of information using communications and personal computer technology. "Dunn's appointment to a promising startup should help keep the company on the forefront of technology and the explosive CD-ROM marketplace," commented interactive media analyst Paul Kagan. "The arrival of an information media guru like Dunn is an important milestone."
Dunn is expected to provide strategic direction in the areas of integrating new technologies and establish strategic alliances with financial, media and distribution companies. "Bill is a pragmatic visionary skilled at turning big ideas into exciting realities," said Paul Saffo, research fellow at Institute for The Future. New Media Editor-in-Chief David Bunnell noted, "Bill Dunn moving to Zelos is a major step forward not only for Zelos, but for multimedia in general. We'll be keeping a close eye on this company from now on. And we'll expect great things from them."
Zelos has just published a CD-ROM titled "3-D Tutor." The new CD- ROM is the first multimedia resource of its kind, supplying the tools, techniques and technology to allow users to become 3-dimensional literate. 3-D Tutor is for anyone interested in learning the basics of 3D modeling and animation. 3-D modeling and animation is used in motion pictures such as Terminator II and Lawnmower Man, architecture, industrial design and corporate communications.
Zelos was founded in December 1990 by Scott Mize, formerly multimedia content evangelist of Apple Computer, and Geoffrey Workman, who was responsible for innovative marketing and distribution campaigns in music and video industries.
Zelos is located at 110 Pacific Ave., Ste. 219, San Francisco, CA 94111.
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